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I don't see a way to import or export data, and the app description says that CSV and XLSX and XLS import and export are pending. Sorry, but without a way to b

by niggler 14y ago

I don't see a way to import or export data, and the app description says that CSV and XLSX and XLS import and export are pending. Sorry, but without a way to bring data in or out this app looks unfinished.

kcl 14y ago
Import/export is coming. Probably in the next release.
- niggler 14y ago
  Any spreadsheet app should have some sort of import/export support ON LAUNCH DAY. The omission looks sloppy. Just to make it clear, it's not that hard to do it. Here's a very basic example in javascript that took roughly 3 hours of time (this parses enough of the XLSX format to generate a CSV output with a few integers and strings; requires html5 file API to be able to manipulate the file in your browser. Best results on chrome): http://niggler.github.com/js-xlsx/ http://niggler.github.com/js-xlsx/ source: https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx There's an XLS version as well (doesn't support the full panoply of features): http://niggler.github.com/js-xls/ http://niggler.github.com/js-xls/ source: https://github.com/Niggler/js-xls https://github.com/Niggler/js-xls
- stinky613 14y ago
  Does this / will this hook into the Google Spreadsheet API to pull data from Google Docs?
- trpeters1 14y ago
  I would have done the import/export functionality before adding Lua scripting. No reason to release the product without having the data hooks in place. We don't need more silos.
- glhaynes 14y ago
  I'll be contrarian and say importing/exporting aren't required for the first release. This isn't about being a replacement for Excel on a computer. It obviously should come soon, though, and my expectation would be to see it in a free update.
- pc86 14y ago
  Have you decided on what formats and/or third party services you will be exporting to?
  - kcl 14y ago
    All within reason. We're not going to try to be a silo, if that's what you mean. We want to be as interoperable with other applications as possible.

by niggler 14y ago

kcl 14y ago

Import/export is coming. Probably in the next release.

niggler 14y ago
Any spreadsheet app should have some sort of import/export support ON LAUNCH DAY. The omission looks sloppy. Just to make it clear, it's not that hard to do it. Here's a very basic example in javascript that took roughly 3 hours of time (this parses enough of the XLSX format to generate a CSV output with a few integers and strings; requires html5 file API to be able to manipulate the file in your browser. Best results on chrome): http://niggler.github.com/js-xlsx/ http://niggler.github.com/js-xlsx/ source: https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx There's an XLS version as well (doesn't support the full panoply of features): http://niggler.github.com/js-xls/ http://niggler.github.com/js-xls/ source: https://github.com/Niggler/js-xls https://github.com/Niggler/js-xls
stinky613 14y ago
Does this / will this hook into the Google Spreadsheet API to pull data from Google Docs?
trpeters1 14y ago
I would have done the import/export functionality before adding Lua scripting. No reason to release the product without having the data hooks in place. We don't need more silos.
glhaynes 14y ago
I'll be contrarian and say importing/exporting aren't required for the first release. This isn't about being a replacement for Excel on a computer. It obviously should come soon, though, and my expectation would be to see it in a free update.
pc86 14y ago
Have you decided on what formats and/or third party services you will be exporting to?
- kcl 14y ago
  All within reason. We're not going to try to be a silo, if that's what you mean. We want to be as interoperable with other applications as possible.